Eugene “Gene” Thompson, 85, died January 10, 2015 at Parkview Manor in
Wellman. He was born April 8, 1930 in Floris, Iowa to Emery and
Nora Rodefer Thompson. He attended Floris, Bloomfield and Ottumwa
schools and graduated from Ottumwa in 1950. He was baptized in Sauk
Creek River at twelve years old and joined the Baptist Church in
Floris. After high school he served in the Army from 1952 to 1954.
Gene worked in Ottumwa at the brick and tile plants. He retired
from Hormel in 1986 after working there for ten years. On April 7,
1992 he married Patsy Thompson in Lancaster, Missouri.

Gene was preceded in
death by his parents, brother Forest Thompson, and sisters Willa Mae
Black and Doris Stubbs.